Peer-Reviewed Studies on the Effects of Kundalini Yoga:

Kundalini and PTSD

“….the Kundalini Yoga group had significantly greater improvements in scores of PTSD, insomnia, perceived stress, positive and negative affect, resilience, stress, and anxiety in comparison to the waitlist control. Participants in this program were not of a homogeneous trauma group and instead had experienced numerous adverse traumas. This suggests that the Kundalini Yoga treatment intervention may serve as a beneficial adjunctive intervention for PTSD.” Read the full article…

Kundalini and Depression

“This pilot study found that brief daily meditation practices can lead to improved mental and cognitive functioning and lower levels of depressive symptoms. This improvement is accompanied by an increase in telomerase activity suggesting improvement in stress-induced cellular aging.” Read the full article…

Kundalini and Cognitive Impairment

“The Kundalini Yoga group showed short- and long-term improvements in executive functioning as compared to the Memory Enhancement Training (control) group, and broader effects on depressed mood and resilience.” Read the full article…

Kundalini and Stress

“Taken together, these data suggest that Kundalini Yoga may provide students in low-income urban schools with behavioral skills that will protect against risk factors associated with the development of behavioral and emotional problems.” Read the full article…

Kundalini and Generalized Anxiety Disorder

“The Kundalini Yoga intervention resulted in lower levels of anxiety relative to the treatment-as-usual condition. Furthermore, changes in somatic symptoms mediated treatment outcome for Kundalini Yoga. Kundalini Yoga may show promise as a treatment for Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and this treatment might convey its effect on symptom severity by reducing somatic symptoms.” Read the full article…

Kundalini and Cortisol levels

“Kundalini Yoga practice had an immediate effect on salivary cortisol. The activity of alpha-amylase did not show significant changes. A significant decrease of perceived stress in the study group was found.” Read the full article…